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GENERIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any product that can be sold without a brand name
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("generic" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generic"):
generic drug (when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as 'vin rouge', 'vino rosso', 'rotwein', 'red wine', etc.), or by general class (as 'vin ordinaire', 'vin de table', 'vino da tavola', 'tafelwein', 'table wine', etc.)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("generic" is a kind of...):
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Antonym:
varietal (a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Applicable to an entire class or group
Example:
is there a generic Asian mind?
Classified under:
Similar:
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
Derivation:
genus (a general kind of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of drugs) not protected by trademark
Example:
'Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug 'Tylenol'
Classified under:
Similar:
nonproprietary (not protected by trademark or patent or copyright)
Domain category:
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
Example:
the generic name
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Pertainym:
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Derivation:
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Context examples:
The HAQ-DI is a generic instrument which focuses on self-reported, patient-oriented outcome measures.
(Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
The FDA bases evaluations of substitutability, or therapeutic equivalence of a generic drug on scientific evaluation.
(Generic Drug, NCI Thesaurus)
A generic self-report tool developed to measure, describe, and evaluate changes in the level of daily life activities and performance in children aged 5-15 years.
(Activities Scale for Kids, NCI Thesaurus)
The generic TNM concepts in the NCI Thesaurus are intended to explicitly reflect this lack of specification.
(Generic TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
It regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, including biological therapeutics and generic drugs.
(Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, NCI Thesaurus)
The presiding officer who examines abstract or generic ideas generalized from particular instances.
(Concept Review Chair, NCI Thesaurus)
A collective generic term that refers here to a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states.
(CDISC SDTM Country Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
In previous studies, the researchers have shown that this brain region contains a generic valuation system that judges all kinds of stimuli; for example, they showed previously that this brain area signals the reward value of pleasant high-fat milkshakes and also of social stimuli such as pleasant touch.
(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)
A team of UK scientists have identified the mechanism behind hardening of the arteries, and shown in animal studies that a generic medication normally used to treat acne could be an effective treatment for the condition.
(Cause of hardening of the arteries – and potential treatment – identified, University of Cambridge)
A generic drug product must contain the identical amounts of the same active ingredient(s) as the brand name product and is expected to have equal effect when substituted for the brand name product.
(Generic Drug, NCI Thesaurus)
